Around the SUNY Oswego campus

Senior art major Dori Gronich (right) readies her camera April 27 as her fellow Yards for Yeardley volunteers -- among dozens serving at the One Love Foundation event to raise awareness of relationship violence -- make sure they're in the frame. More than 1,000 people turned out to walk, run or roll 5.69 million yards in support of the event, which honors the memory of University of Virginia student Yeardley Love, murdered by her ex-boyfriend on May 3, 2010. "We walk to remember and we walk to prevent," said lead organizer and Title IX Coordinator Lisa Evaneski. "Relationship violence is a serious problem everywhere, but between our education programs and Yards for Yeardley, we reach thousands of students and make them part of the solution."

Yards for Yeardley volunteers staff a sign-in table, checking in walkers, runners, wheelchair users and others. Participants logged their laps on a 900-yard loop of the college's quad and deposited the results in the white boxes for tallying. In a SUNY Oswego News video, participant William Zenyuk, a junior philosophy member, says, "When I first started out it was to be able to educate others and educate myself on all the issues. And now being able to hear people's stories and get to know them personally, I want to be there to advocate for them, raise awareness and continue to challenge."

Among the many runners participating in Yards for Yeardley are (from left) Valeria Kudinov, a senior wellness management major; Natalie Horton, a sophomore wellness management major; and freshman biology major Alexie Zeigler. On the route around the quad, participants passed large banners and images in memory of young women who died at the hands of violent people with whom each had had a prior relationship.

Tom Di Camillo (center), SUNY Athletic Conference commissioner, receives a greeting from wrestling team captain Sean Maloney and Lisa Evaneski, Title IX coordinator and lead organizer of the Yards for Yeardley event, prior to Di Camillo's walk around the course with Susan Viscomi, the college's director of athletics (far right). Yards for Yeardley began as a way for athletic teams nationally to embrace the fight against relationship violence, and continues to receive strong support from student-athletes.

Men's soccer team members run with track coach Derek Rousseau (right) to log their laps. Thanks to more than 1,000 people who walked, ran or rolled, the awareness event tripled its total yards from 2016, the college's inaugural participation in the Yards for Yeardley Campus Challenge.

Participating in the final scene of the college's in-progress "#youarewelcomehere" video to help show prospective students and other constituencies an inspiring and inclusive view of what makes the SUNY Oswego community so special, a gathering of faculty, staff and students climb Sheldon Hall's steps April 20 to lend their visual and vocal support. The Office of Communications and Marketing is interviewing across campus to learn people's stories and perspectives for the video. 

Students from the advanced ceramics classes of art faculty member Sara Allen Prigodich loaded a pit kiln, layer by layer, before setting it ablaze during a demonstration April 17 adjacent to Tyler Hall. Their ceramic projects sit in a bed of sawdust to make up the first layer of the 3-foot-deep pit, then a layer of newspaper and carefully stacked wood pieces top it off. After firing for several hours, the pit is covered and allowed to cool over the next few days before students dig up the fired work. (Submitted photo)

Howard Gordon (right), executive assistant to college President Deborah F. Stanley, gathers April 25 with recipients of 2017 Empire State Diversity Honors Scholarships. The State University of New York program of direct aid seeks to attract and retain undergraduate students to SUNY campuses from a broad range of backgrounds who have demonstrated high academic achievement and can demonstrate they will contribute to the diversity of the student body. In front (from left) are Jillian Primicias, Kimberly Brown, Taylor Briceno, Bianca Fernandez and Jerry Chamnichanh. In back (from left) are Roderick Bell, Theron Richardson, Drake Arnold, Tingyu Dong and Alysha Bates. Missing from the photo are Jhessett Estrella and Alesha Pilon.

Students enrolled in "Business Organization" join School of Business faculty member Isiah Brown (front right) April 16 to volunteer at Food Bank of Central New York. From left are Jennifer Moore, Ashley Edwards, Mike Benn, Drew Hornsby, Jeff Curtis, Michael Centolella, Karen Krogman Daum of Central New York Food Bank's board, parent Dianne Connor, John Connor, Brown, Nicholas Mante, Jamie Choi and Jamal Dawood. (Submitted photo)

School of Business faculty member Isiah Brown (second from left) and five students in his "Business Organization" and "Organizational Behavior" classes helped clean up Syracuse's Inner Harbor on Earth Day, April 22, in partnership with the Downtown Committee of Syracuse, 40 Below and Believe in Syracuse. Three of the students (from left) -- Erich Behrendt, Alexander Melas and Jamal Dawood -- attend classes at SUNY Oswego's main campus, while Leah Johnson and Kyaw Soe take courses at SUNY Oswego in Syracuse. (Submitted photo)

In conjunction with Earth Week, sophomore English and education major Tyler Doan (left) takes an ecological survey footprint quiz at an Alpha Phi Omega event April 19 in Hewitt Union lobby to share facts about individuals' eco footprints and ways to become more ecologically friendly. Alpha Phi Omega members Katelyn Proulx (center), a senior geology major, and Sarah Damsky, a junior public relations major, staff the table.

At an open house April 28 for the college’s VR First virtual reality lab in Room 422 of Shineman Center, Spectrum Cable News reporter Corina Cappabianca (right) prepares to interview graduate student Christian Damico of the human-computer interaction program (left) and computer science faculty member Yolanda Tromp for a piece on Oswego's VR lab that ran last weekend. In the background, junior information science and cognitive science dual major Anne Reynolds navigates a virtual world with an HTC Vive headset. Visitors were able to don headsets and travel through a virtual New York City, a training program for job interviews authored by Damico and others, and even tour the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site.

During the opening reception on Penfield Library's second floor, senior graphic design majors Dion Matthews (left) and Andrew Torak talk about their design work on display for the "Bachelor of Arts in Art Exhibition," which runs through May 10.

BFA candidate Jennifer Varvaro (center) speaks about her portfolio drawings with her uncle and (not pictured) her mother during the artists' reception for the "Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition II" in Tyler Art Gallery and Tyler Hall's lounge. The exhibition runs through May 10.

Panelists discuss "What's Next?" in job market trends and respond to students' questions April 25 in Marano Campus Center auditorium. The panel, sponsored by the Public Relations Student Society of America, provided students with insights into industry trends, what they might encounter next in the job market, and what the issues, challenges and opportunities are in specific sectors of public relations. Panelists (from left) are Tiffany Latino-Gerlock, communications director for state Sen. John DeFrancisco; Alexander Marion, press secretary for Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner; Joe Nehme, Central New York regional representative for U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer; Iris St. Meran, reporter and anchor for Spectrum News in Syracuse; and Ellen Abbott, reporter for WRVO-FM.

Public justice students​ traveled April 11 to Mohawk Correctional Facility in Rome and the Department of Homeland Security's ​State Preparedness Training Facility in Oriskany. ​The trip is one of many Test Drive programs offered each year in collaboration with the Office of Career Services and academic departments. From left are Perla Buten, David Cuevas, Dajah Evans, Dejanee Nisbitt, public justice faculty member Diane Brand, Nahounha Alexandre, Laura Madore, Michael Arietta and Melissa Kunz. Jacqueline Wallace (not pictured), assistant director of Career Services, also accompanied the group. (Submitted photo)

Taking advantage of a spectacular day April 27, public justice faculty member Jaclyn Schildkraut (in back, center) teaches PBJ 101, "Introduction to Criminal Justice," outdoors on the quad between Mahar and Lanigan halls. The class of about 160 students is normally held in a Lanigan Hall large lecture room.

High school junior Stephanie Kubis (third from left) and her parents, Arlene and Stan, speak April 26 with admissions counselor Dean Whitcomb of St. Bonaventure University during the fourth annual College Fair in Marano Campus Center arena hosted by SUNY Oswego in partnership with the Oswego County Counselors Association. Besides representatives from more than 60 higher education institutions, the fair offered an information session featuring advice on how to navigate the college application process, a financial aid information table, and representation by the NCAA.

Oswego's softball team clinches a spot in the conference championship tournament with a doubleheader sweep of Brockport on Saturday. Sophomore outfielder Sarah McCullough (pictured) had seven hits during the team’s 3-3 week and a hit and two runs scored in the two games at Brockport. The Lakers found themselves with the No. 2 seed in the SUNYAC Softball Championship, which begins on Thursday. Oswego will play the fifth-seeded New Paltz Hawks at 11 a.m. at SUNY Cortland's Dragon Field.

Women's lacrosse clinches a spot in the conference championship, defeating Buffalo State, 10-7, on April 25 in Buffalo to secure the No. 4 seed and the right to host a first-round game. With the Lakers trailing 6-3 in the second half, Montana Garrett (pictured) scored her first goal of the game to pull Oswego within two scores. Three minutes later, Garrett put her second goal in the net, tying the game at 6-6 with 18:28 left. With the score 7-7 and less than 10 minutes on the clock, the Buchanan native scored three straight goals to lead the Lakers to the win. Oswego was scheduled to play the fifth-seeded Oneonta Red Dragons yesterday at Laker Turf Stadium in the quarterfinal round of the SUNYAC Women's Lacrosse Championship.

The Oswego State baseball team, ranked No. 9 in one national poll and No. 10 in another, celebrates Senior Day last weekend during a conference series against the Oneonta Red Dragons. Oswego swept the series, the conference's regular season title and rights to host the SUNY Athletic Conference Championship this Friday through Sunday, where the Lakers will be the top seed. Oswego is scheduled to play New Paltz at noon Friday at Laker Baseball Field in the opening round. This will be the first time since the tournament format was instituted in 1998 that the championship will be held anywhere but at SUNY Cortland. Over the past week, each of the team's 10 seniors saw action, led by Eric Hamilton (#3) in hitting and Tim Cronin (#2) in pitching.